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Thanks!

I hope all the lurkers that are Mom's had a lovely Mother's Day - as well as the fer that do come chat with us, and of course all the moms of Chordie members.

Peatle, 95?  Yes indeed!  You are a very lucky man, I hope you made her day special!!!

Totally understandable Bill!  Hey, as long as you know you're doing it the way you need to do it and not being swindled is all I care about!    As said, the bonus is you get to try it out before purchase.  I have an el-cheapo Epi, that's gotten mixed reviews online.  The model appears to be hit or miss and apparently I managed to get a decent build.  That right there is a bonus to being able to try it first!

I did do a little digging on Fender's mahogany guitars, and found a model that looks JUST LIKE the one you linked to.  I'm curious if you have the actual model number of the one you'll be grabbing?  The CD-140SE has laminate back and sides but a solid top, while the one you linked to, the CD-60CE, is all laminate.  Not that it appears to make a big difference, as both have really great reviews!!! I'm just curious.   

My little guitar is mahogany... I ADORE that mellow sound!  I think you'll love it too.  It's a little unique, especially when around a bunch of spruce tops. As a dread, I bet that sucker's got tons of BOOM! 

I just have one question, Bill.  You say you're buying it at a pawn shop for $300.  Is it NEW?  Cuz, you do see that Amazon listing you linked to, right?  It's the same price there... and it's new.  I didn't think pawn shops sold new stuff... so... just curious and don't want to see you get ripped off my friend!

It's purty.  Never played one though.  Reviews on Amazon look mostly positive.  My dad still has his first cheap learner guitar and it happens to be a Fender. 

Welcome to Chordie, Daryl! 

Scott is a great guy!  He's funny, he knows how to rock, and he doesn't give up.  Don't take singing lessons from him, but otherwise he's a good friend to have!    He's clearly pointed you in the right direction.  Since Scott sent you here, I'm guessing you're into electric guitar and lots of distortion?  Maybe not, Scott and I are friends off of chordie and I am completely opposite in that arena.  Anyhow, check out the Electric section of the forums for all kinds of information about amps and pedals and switches and stuffs.  The acoustic section will have discussions about tone woods and strings.  Then there's the guitars and accessories section of the forums for discussion about all of the above along with tuners and picks!  Try to put your questions in the right places to get the best response from the people that have answers (ie:  I don't go into the electric section much because I don't know much bout them).  If you're not sure where to put it, guess!  The moderators will move the thread to the correct section if it's not in the right place.  As others have implied, there's NO DUMB QUESTION.  Nope.  There isn't.  As a gal on a mostly guy forum, I had a conversation early in my time here about cutting my nails.  I thought that I'd be scoffed at by the men.  I was NOT.  Turns out, men that play guitar care about their nails too (pickers often keep their nails long on the picking hand and discuss how to have long nails).   

Anyhow, Chordie is like the extended family you wish you had around home.  There's Uncle Dirty Ed (who's not dirty at all) and Cousin Roger (who's old enough to be grandpa but often acts like that younger cousin), and there's TIGLJK always offering sage advice to help get you through life (he IS a teacher in RL after all), and of course many many others here - some have already said HI, and more will no doubt.  You'll come to appreciate this crew should you visit often. As I said, no dumb questions.  Ask away, and please do know that no one knows everything!  Often times, you'll find you may have an answer that someone else has asked.  Please, feel free to share what you know!  I'd say most of the community here is like yourself, self-taught. There are some that have had lessons as well.  You're in good hands.  POST AWAY!  (please read the stickies at the top of each section to get a feel for some of the rules here and what some of the sections are about).

Did I mention I'm generally long-winded?  Yep...  always chatty.  Ok, mom's gonna shut it now!   

Hi there!  I am going to send you an email to try to determine what is causing the issue and help out.  What you're reporting seems odd, as ad sense ads generally do not have videos and they do not circulate once on a page to cause a page reload.

They are indeed Jim - see, now you got ME getting all teary eyed!  I'm excited to hear Phill's version now too!!!!!

Nice Scott!  All my fingers are crossed that everything goes smooth between the buyers, sellers, real estate agents, bankers, and lawyers! 

Thanks for the Kudos guys - I'm just glad I didn't ruin it!    Jim is a great writer, and his lyrics always speak.  I've been meaning to try out one of his songs for a while and am glad I was finally able to do so. 

You're right EB - I haven't really tried covering other people's originals too much.  I guess in my mind, I don't want to ruin their song from where they heard it originally in their head!  I do recall one of the last songs I wrote had a lot of attention and was covered by a few others.  It WAS encouraging.  So, perhaps I'll try it again! 

I'm with you Scott, there is a bonus to covering songs others have written that no one has heard before!  Much like doing your own songs... no one knows how it "should" sound!  Interesting that you amped it up while I toned it down with more of a natural sounding "room reverb".  (of course, I tend to change every song I play so they don't sound like they "should" ha ha).

FYI - to anyone that wishes to play along with my recording, I had the capo on the 1st fret.

Ok,  it's not quite like your recording, Jim, or like Scott's.  However, it's done!  It's been fun, as I really haven't recorded anything in quite some time.  I hope I didn't butcher your original feel too much, I don't have that "Dylan" vibe you two do!   

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so … D=13368187

Chordie Rendered Version (found a typo, but no time to fix it at the moment, sorry!):  http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/sites … irl.chopro

Oh goodness... hip hop is getting quite crazy!  I've noticed a lot of it tends to merge in with Pop now, and even a lot of the newer country songs have a pop/hip hop flare to them.  It's frustrating for sure.  My 11 year old loves it all.  I'll get into a song and be all, "YEAH!  This is good!" and then they'll go from this great chorus line to some rap type junk for a verse and I'm like, "WHAT THE HECK?"  I get an eye roll then and "Mooooom" as she talks along with them.  Ugh.  -- She knows Tom Dooley though, so it's all good.